Upon hearing this, Li Ting looked up and met his gaze, "Of course I want to."
Zhou Jiadong nudged her awkwardly, "So, how much dowry will your family ask for?"
Li Ting blinked twice. "In our area, the minimum dowry for a daughter's marriage is two or three thousand yuan, plus the purchase of three gold pieces and four major items. Jia Dong, you're asking this because you're willing to date me?"
Zhou Jiadong: "..."
He's even less willing now, okay?
The bride price alone is two or three thousand yuan, and then there are the three gold pieces and four major items to buy. That's too much!
That amount of money could have married several wives back in my hometown.
Zhou Jiadong was initially somewhat interested, but his expression immediately changed.
He pushed Li Ting away forcefully, saying, "You should find someone else. I can't afford to marry her."
Li Ting stumbled and almost fell after being pushed by him.
She glared angrily at Zhou Jiadong, "What are you doing!"
Zhou Jiadong remained silent and turned to leave.
Li Ting panicked and rushed forward to grab him, preventing him from leaving. "No, what do you mean? Are you going to marry me without giving a bride price?"
"It's not that I don't want to give, it's just that the dowry you're asking for is too high."
"Where is the high price? It's only two or three thousand yuan. Even with the three gold pieces and four major items, it's at most twenty thousand yuan. Your family's breakfast shop is so successful, you must earn more than that in a year. How could you not afford to get married?"
To everyone's surprise, Zhou Jiadong's face darkened immediately upon hearing Li Ting's words. "That's my mother's shop, it has nothing to do with me. You're not even married to me yet, and you're already eyeing my mother's money?!"
"No, what do you mean your mom's shop has nothing to do with you? Isn't your mom's shop yours? Your mom only has you and your brother as sons. She opened this shop to earn more money so you two can get married!" Li Ting was utterly exasperated. What kind of talk was this?!
Which family doesn't pay a bride price when getting married?
What mother doesn't care about her son getting married?!
Isn't that his shop?!
His mother earns money so he can get a wife!
Zhou Jiadong immediately turned hostile, saying, "I'm not dating you, so don't bother me again!"
Without waiting for Li Ting's reaction, he ran away.
Li Ting: "..."
Li Ting felt a lump in her throat, so angry she felt like she was going to vomit blood.
Ugh, this is insane!
If you don't want to pay a bride price but still want to get married, you might as well stay single for life!
Li Ting returned to her dormitory full of anger.
In the days that followed, she never approached Zhou Jiadong again.
She wasn't desperate for him, nor did she particularly like him. If she hadn't found out that his family ran a breakfast shop here, she wouldn't have even given him a second glance!
Li Ting stopped bothering him, and Zhou Jiadong breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time felt a little disappointed.
Yu Qiuying was naturally unaware of what had happened to Zhou Jiadong. She calculated that her youngest son had been working for over a month and needed to go see him and collect his wages.
She had made an agreement with the restaurant owner that she would collect her youngest son's salary.
So after closing the shop that day, Yu Qiuying and Zhou Cailian rode their bicycles to Zhou Jiahong's workplace.
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